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Central Kitsap Church of Christ

📍11898 Central Valley Road Northeast, Poulsbo, WA church_of_christ

AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.

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What Churches of Christ teaches

Positions bound by the denomination's confessional standards. This is what the tradition teaches; whether this specific congregation publicly holds each is a separate question — see Statements below.

Affirms
Denies
  • Apostolic Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Infant BaptismSTRONG
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
  • Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
    1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words

Statements

statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Central Kitsap Church of Christ - What We Believe Home About Us I'm New/FAQ's What We Believe Our Church Story Missions Leadership Contact Groups Women Young Adults Military Small Groups Youth & Family Kids Youth Camps Events Church Calendar Teen Calendar Media Members Weekly Newsletter Member login / Directory Forms Giving What We Believe God We Believe the God of the Judeo-Christian Bible really exists. He is self-existent, the creator of the universe, and by nature an eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, omnipresent spirit, and the source of all truth. God exists in three
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Central Kitsap Church of Christ - What We Believe Home About Us I'm New/FAQ's What We Believe Our Church Story Missions Leadership Contact Groups Women Young Adults Military Small Groups Youth & Family Kids Youth Camps Events Church Calendar Teen Calendar Media Members Weekly Newsletter Member login / Directory Forms Giving What We Believe God We Believe the God of the Judeo-Christian Bible really exists. He is self-existent, the creator of the universe, and by nature an eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, omnipresent spirit, and the source of all truth. God exists in three persons: the Father
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